About

Dan proudly with his girlfriend at her graduation from UMass Medical School

Dan Donahue was born and raised in Quinsigamond Village. Dan’s family has deep roots in Worcester. His father, Jack Donahue, a union carpenter and son of a Steelworker at Wyman Gordon’s, and mother, Susan (Mahoney) Donahue, a Worcester Public School Teacher and daughter of a laborer at the Worcester Water Dept, both grew up around the block from each other in the Village.

Dan attended Elementary and Junior High School at St. Mary’s on Richland Street and played little league at Lou Gehrig on Vernon Hill. After graduating from St. John’s High School in 2005, Dan received a full tuition academic scholarship to attend the College of the Holy Cross, becoming the first in his family to attend college. After graduating Cum Laude from Holy Cross in 2009, Dan moved back to the Village and began work as a Community Outreach Worker for the Juvenile Public Defenders office in Worcester, where he organized trainings and outreach for at-risk youth in the city and county. Following work as a campaign field staffer for the 2010 Governor’s election, Dan worked as the Political Director for Lt. Gov. Tim Murray overseeing the Lt. Gov.’s campaign committee. In 2012 Dan was appointed Director of Policy and Assistant Chief of Staff to the newly elected Mayor of Worcester, Joe Petty. Dan currently lives on Malmo Street in the neighborhood where he grew up with his younger brother John, an instructional aid in the Worcester Public Schools.

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I was excited to participate in the opening of Café Reyes at 421 Shrewsbury Street in Worcester. The home of some great Cuban cuisine and part of the ongoing great work of the Hector Reyes House. www.cafereyes.org

I am happy to share with you the winners of this year’s Holiday Design Contest. Thank you to all the Worcester Public School Students from the 16th Worcester District who participated. A special thank you to the judges of the contest, Jane Petrella, Mary Anne Dube and Lorraine Laurie for their participation.

Holiday Design Contest Winners 2014I am happy to share with you the winners of this year’s Holiday Design Contest. Thank you to all the Worcester Public School Students from the 16th Worcester District who participated. A special thank you to the judges of the contest, Jane Petrella, Mary Anne Dube and Lorraine Laurie for their participation.

Today was a culmination of the hard work of this past year's Campaign as I proudly, standing next to my father, again took the oath of office as State Representative for the 16th Worcester District this afternoon

I want to thank all the volunteers who worked to make this a reality, I want to thank my family and friends for all your support and, most importantly, I want to again thank the great people of the district for putting your trust and confidence in me.

I look forward to continuing to work achieve the goals we talked about on the campaign and to serve this district each and everyday.